Nowa Nowa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in Nowa Nowa of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Nowa Nowa was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Nowa Nowa aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nowa Nowa was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Nowa Nowa, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nowa Nowa was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Nowa Nowa 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nowa Nowa were English 35.0%, Australian 27.3%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 7.3% and Dutch 3.8%.

In Nowa Nowa, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, India 1.2%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Canada 0.9%.

In Nowa Nowa, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nowa Nowa were No Religion 32.2%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 19.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Nowa Nowa 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Maltese 0.9% and Polish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nowa Nowa. Of these 44.2% were employed full time, 41.5% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nowa Nowa, 18.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nowa Nowa was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Nowa Nowa included Professionals 19.1%, Labourers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.6%, Managers 9.9%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Nowa Nowa, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.5%, Accommodation 3.5% and Dairy Cattle Farming 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nowa Nowa was $384.

In Nowa Nowa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.4%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Bicycle 2.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nowa Nowa, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Nowa Nowa, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nowa Nowa, 38.7% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Nowa Nowa 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nowa Nowa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,208 and those without children was $1,292.

Employment status of couple families

In Nowa Nowa, of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.6% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nowa Nowa, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nowa Nowa, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

In Nowa Nowa, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nowa Nowa, 42.4% were owned outright, 40.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Nowa Nowa, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Nowa Nowa, 44.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Nowa Nowa, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nowa Nowa, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 37 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Nowa Nowa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $333.

In Nowa Nowa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.